Marian Savu

Marian Savu (born 11 October 1972) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Playing for clubs in four countries, he notably became the 1999–2000 Divizia A top goalscorer.

Club career Savu was born on 11 October 1972 in Pietroșani, Teleorman, Romania. He began playing football in 1989 at Flacăra Moreni. In 1991, he returned to Flacăra Moreni in Divizia B, playing there for eighteen months. He made his debut in European competitions in a 3–2 victory against Cagliari in the 1993–94 UEFA Cup. In the same season, Savu was Dinamo's top scorer, netting 12 league goals to help the team to a runner-up position. However, despite this performance, he was loaned to FC Brașov for the first half of the 1994–95 season. The team also reached the 1997 Cupa României final, but coach Florin Halagian did not play him in the 4–2 loss to Steaua București. In the middle of the 1997–98 season, he joined Sportul Studențesc but was unable to help them avoid relegation. Afterwards, Savu returned to Național, where he scored 39 league goals over the course of two seasons.

In 2000, Savu moved to the Vyshcha Liha to play for Shakhtar Donetsk, where he became teammates with Marian Aliuță. During this spell, he featured in a 3–0 victory against Arsenal in the first group stage of the 2000–01 Champions League. Midway through the 2000–01 season, he transferred to Metalurh Donetsk. On 2 August, he made his Nemzeti Bajnokság I debut, when coach János Csank sent him in the 52nd minute to replace Tomáš Medveď in a 2–2 draw against Ferencváros. Savu played 23 matches by the end of the 2003–04 season, scoring three goals across the two victories against Győr.

Savu made his last Divizia A appearance on 11 April 2006 in Național's 2–0 loss to Jiul Petroșani, totaling 223 matches with 77 goals in the competition and 18 games with two goals in European competitions (including six appearances with one goal in the Intertoto Cup). On 19 May 2000, he played for Romania B in a 2–2 draw against Honduras.

Honours Național București Cupa României runner-up: 1996–97, 2005–06

Individual Divizia A top goalscorer: 1999–2000